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New Zealand has established a vaping strategy that Health Canada should follow

Dr John's Blog Posted on March 9, 2022 by JohnOystonMarch 14, 2022
VapingLessHarmmful

Dr, John Oyston Just like Canada, New Zealand is a highly-developed former British colony, with a strong public health care system. It has an overall smoking prevalence of 13.7%, but this figure increases to 31.2% in the indigenous Māori community. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Tobacco | Tagged Aotearoa, Canada, cigarettes, New Zealand, smoking, tobacco, vaping | Leave a reply

Canada’s Vape Gag Law Must Go!

Dr John's Blog Posted on March 4, 2022 by JohnOystonMarch 10, 2022
Vaping is quitting

Dr. John Oyston, Mar 10th 2022 Canada’s 4.6 million smokers are being deprived of accurate information about less harmful alternatives to smoking. According to Public Health England, the health risk of vaping is unlikely to exceed 5% of the is … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Tobacco | Tagged Canada, cigarettes, gag, law, smoking, tobacco

Please, Health Canada, do not make vapers return to tobacco!

Dr John's Blog Posted on September 1, 2021 by JohnOystonSeptember 1, 2021
Maria

My friend Maria is an enthusiastic vaper. If I go to her office, she usually will have three vapes on the go. Today, it is a Voopoo with strawberry flavour, a Stlth with Grape Apple Ice and a Favostx with … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, cigarettes, health, maria, medicine, smoking, tobacco, vaping

How to make a submission about the proposed vaping flavour ban

Dr John's Blog Posted on July 16, 2021 by JohnOystonJune 16, 2023
How To Make a Submission

Unless we protest, Canada will ban all vape flavours except deliberately unpleasant tobacco, menthol and mint flavours with no sweeteners. The ban will apply across the country, with no exceptions, even for people who smoked for decades and have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Tobacco | Tagged ban, Canada, flavour, health, submission, vape

Thomas Kirsop’s Review of the Order Amending Schedules 2 and 3 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Flavours)

Dr John's Blog Posted on July 11, 2021 by JohnOystonJune 16, 2023
I am not in support

Thomas Kirsop has created a detailed analysis of the proposed federal vape flavour ban which he has submitted to Health Canada. I am posting it here with his permission: Highlights include: “I stopped smoking seven years ago by switching to … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Tobacco | Tagged ban, Canada, flavour, Kirsop, smoking, vape, vaping

What can Health Canada learn about vaping from ASH?

Dr John's Blog Posted on July 5, 2021 by JohnOystonJune 16, 2023

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) produced a report in June 2021 showing how Great Britain is getting vaping right (https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Use-of-e-cigarettes-vapes-among-adults-in-Great-Britain-2021.pdf). It is interesting to see how vaping is managed in the country where “Big Tobacco” interferes with health care … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Tobacco | Tagged ASH, Canada, flaovours, Great Britain, health, nicotine, smoking, vaping

How well is Canada doing with Covid-19?

Dr John's Blog Posted on June 22, 2020 by JohnOystonJune 26, 2020

Covid-19 is a strange disease. It can be so mild that people do not notice that they have it, or it can be fatal. People are infectious for about two days before they get symptoms, so it can be spread … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, Covid, Public Health

Tobacco in Canada

Dr John's Blog Posted on January 19, 2016 by JohnOystonJanuary 4, 2017
Stop Smoking

In 2013, Canada’s 4.6 million smokers puffed their way through 31,468,896,967 cigarettes. 37,000 of them died as a result of smoking. In Ontario, 200 farmers grow 54 million pounds of tobacco. Three major tobacco companies have their headquarters in Canada, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, cigarettes, smoking, tobacco | Leave a reply

MURDERBALL!

Dr John's Blog Posted on August 15, 2015 by JohnOystonAugust 15, 2015
Canada wins wheelchair rugby gold medal

Murderball,more politely known as Wheelchair Rugby (or in the USA as Quad Rugby) is definitely the most violent and aggressive Para sport, and arguably the most exciting to watch. On Friday 14th August my family and I watched the Para-Pan … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, medal, Para sports, wheelchair rugby

“Medicare” must include “pharmacare”

Dr John's Blog Posted on April 21, 2015 by JohnOystonApril 21, 2015

Canadians pride themselves on “Medicare”.  Under the Canada Health Act the provinces and territories are required to provide health care which is: Publicly administered on a non-profit basis by a public authority. Comprehensive: The health care insurance plans must cover … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine | Tagged Canada, drugs, medicare, medications, medicine, pharmacre

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